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Historically it was considered unsafe for patients with pacemakers or implantable cardiac defibrillators to go into an MRI scanner because of the metal content. 

Previously, these patients would have had to travel outside of the area to an alternative hospital trust for an MRI scan.

A plot of land measuring around one acre is currently being marketed for sale as an investment opportunity at Fireclay Drive in St Georges. 

The site is situated within a quiet residential area and encircles a children’s play park. Estate agents have suggested the space could be suitable for various projects including allotments, a solar panel farm, or a location for the travelling community if you can get planning consent.

The 24-year-old, from Bridgnorth, is part of the first cohort of nursing associate apprentices at the college’s Wellington campus.

The partnership between Keele University, Telford College, and the NHS has been established to help boost skills and education opportunities for people in Shropshire.

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Commissioners at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin have responded to a recent planning application for 80 new homes in a part of Telford.

Officials have called for £71,726 to be paid by developers to help GP surgeries if the plan for 80 new homes in Wellington Road, Horsehay, gets the go ahead.

Some of the farm barns at Lubstree Barns, off Humber Lane, Donnington, were converted to housing some time ago. Residents living there objected because of the state of the single-track road leading to the site.

Appellant’s agent Stansgate Planning has told the inspector that council planners had “reneged” on an agreement to give it more time to submit a flood risk assessment.

Eventually Telford will become SaTH’s centre for planned procedures while Royal Shrewsbury Hospital concentrates on emergency care under the trust’s multi-million pound transformation programme.

The Local Democracy Reporting Service went to the hub on Monday (Jan 12, 2025) to follow one patient through his day long journey around the unit from reception to discharge to reveal how the unit is changing the health environment.

Planners found that the garage at the house had a dual-pitch roof instead of an approved hipped roof, and was some 77cm (30 inches) higher than permitted.

A planning inspector is set to decide the issue on the basis of written statements from the council and the applicant.

Nine former pubs in Telford and Wrekin where development has “stalled” have been named by borough planners.

The list of 27 so-called stalled sites identified so far across the borough also include the plot of a now-demolished former cinema, and an historic former church.

A biker-themed café bar in Newport is “thrilled and overjoyed” after being allowed to sell alcohol for longer.

Councillors handed down their compromise decision on Dragon Soul’s application to vary its alcohol licence when they met amid a crowd of objectors and supporters on Thursday.

However, the Council warns that the effects of climate change are already being felt, resulting in increased costs through increased demands on services including flood defences, emergency response, and road repairs from extreme weather highlighting the critical importance of both reducing emissions and adapting to climate change.

Emergency services were called out yesterday evening (7th January) following a collision on the M54 involving three vehicles.

The incident occurred on the eastbound stretch between Preston and Cluddley near Shrewsbury at around 5.14pm.

Staff from Learn Telford will be on hand to offer advice and guidance with a particular focus on Access to Higher Education courses in Health and Psychology.

The event is taking place at Southwater Library, Southwater One, Telford on Wednesday 21 January 2026 (12 noon – 4pm).

Telford & Wrekin Council officers had refused permission for the former Wrekin Housing Trust building at The Parade saying that it did not have its own dedicated parking.

Building owner Lewis Jones had appealed against the decision and a planning inspector has agreed with an assessment that the local streets had enough empty spaces to cope.

-Demand for Adult Social Care (ASC) is continuing to rise

-20.5% of the population in Telford are disabled

-18,000 people are providing unpaid care

-One of the biggest challenges for the borough remains health inequalities

The house in Dudmaston, Hollinswood, is already a four-bed HMO but owner Sheer Assets Ltd wanted to build a single-storey rear extension to increase that to six.

The applicant has been told that they have a right to appeal if they are aggrieved by the decision.

Mark Pritchard MP said: “The NHS says it is waiting for EHRC guidance, but it is the Equality Act that organisations must comply with, and the position in law has already been made crystal clear by the Supreme Court judgment.

“To ensure safety and privacy, in particular for women and girls, single sex spaces must be protected in NHS hospitals and other NHS facilities.”

Upon arrival, crews discovered a single vehicle which had rolled onto its roof. Firefighters used winches and small gear to right the car back onto its wheels.

Fire crews have been kept busy following a series of callouts across the town.

Police closed the road for a short time yesterday evening after a Peugeot crashed into roadside barriers.

Emergency services were called to the A518 in Newport on Sunday afternoon following a serious collision.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service received the report at 15:45 after a single vehicle ended up on its roof.

The incident happened at around 1.25pm.

Five fire appliances, including a specialist rescue tender, were sent to the scene from Telford Central and Wellington.

The development on Haygate Road will consist of a three-storey block of one and two-bedroom flats on the brownfield land where the well-known local landmark once stood.

Diggers were spotted rolling into the site, and starting work on footings, after a sold sign was added to the estate agents board.

A Telford resident is in a tangle with planners after building a storage unit on a parking space without first getting planning permission.

There are also issues with “misaligned corrugated sheeting“, a “wonky chimney” and plans allegedly not matching up with what a planning officer found had been built.

Attempts to sell the pub have proved fruitless, applicant Mr H Kumar told Telford & Wrekin Council planners. Mr Kumar also owns the nearby Bell and Bails pub and restaurant.

A landowner in Wellington has applied for planning permission to demolish a bungalow and replace it with eight new homes in two new three-storey buildings.

The new buildings would replace one three-bedroom bungalow on a plot at Constitution Hill, Wellington, with two townhouses and a total of six apartments.

Police are concerned that having longer opening hours to sell alcohol and provide more hours of live and recorded music, karaoke and comedy nights could increase anti-social behaviour at Dragon Soul in Newport.

Randlay Primary School received a £250 prize after its pupil Amelia, aged nine, won a public vote to design a new flag for the Borough.

The prize of £250 was donated to the flag competition by Telford Live.

Shifnal Dental Care, which has been in the town since 1971, relocated to the former Odfellows Wine Bar in Market Place last year following a state-of-the-art refurbishment.

In October, practice owner Dr Maciej Wozniak submitted an application for permission to turn the first floor into an HMO.

​Firefighters were called out to the Southwater area on Friday night after a diner became trapped in the toilets at Nando’s.

Head teachers and leaders from local schools visited Telford College to learn more about potential placement opportunities they could offer to T Level students.

A delegation from the Learning Community Trust, which runs more than a dozen school sites across the county, visited the college’s Wellington campus to chat with students on business and accounting courses.

An enforcement notice has been slapped on a property in Telford after the borough council received a complaint about alleged untidy land.

The notice was served on the property in Beckbury Drive, Stirchley, on December 12 this year after Telford & Wrekin Council received a complaint on October 20.